golden scales

One week after Tulu Baihu arrived in Beijing, he was officially able to meet the Ming Emperor Zhu Cihong. ?. .

According to the preparatory work done by Honglu Temple in advance, Tulu Baihu knew that the treatment given by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was higher than that of ordinary foreign vassals, and even reached the level of the Korean king.Not only did the two cabinet elders come to the cabinet, but even the governor's mansion, which is not very close to the foreign feudal clan, also had two governors attend the interview.

This undoubtedly made Tulu Baihu very excited, and even really aroused a certain degree of loyalty, but it was a bit surprising that His Majesty the Emperor received Galdan at the same time.Although the Panchen Lama asked him to take this child because of the political situation in Lhasa, who would have thought that the emperor would be interested in a ten-year-old lama?

——Is it because of the Junggar tribe occupying the North-South Road in Tianshan Mountain?

Turubaihu speculated in his heart, and immediately dismissed the idea himself.Only two years after Batur's death, Sengge had not fully grasped the power of Junggar, and was dragged and shoved by several uncles.However, Galdan was too young and was thrown to Lhasa to become a lama. Obviously, he would never have the chance to inherit Junggar.

Unless the Ming court intends to send troops to support Galdan, why bother?Instead of choosing this ten-year-old lama, it is better to support Sangge.

It's just that Tulubaihu didn't have front and rear eyes, and he didn't know that Zhu Cihong specially named Ge Erdan for him to meet with him because of his name in later generations. "As soon as I saw this child, I felt joy in my heart." Zhu Cihong said lightly: "Perhaps this is what the Buddhists call fate."

On the day of the meeting, Zhu Cihong went through a cutscene in the Hall of Martial Arts, but the topic went straight to Galdan.While everyone was surprised, they could only accept this illusory theory of "fate".

Ge Erdan didn't have any fear, and even secretly glanced at Zhu Cihong's holy face.

Zhu Cihong also happened to see his face, which looked black and thin, with a slightly pointed chin, and two clusters of plateau red on the cheekbones.

"Don't go back to that bitter cold place in Lhasa, stay in the capital. I will make you a county king." Zhu Cihong said with a smile.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were a little surprised.Not because of the "king of the county" - even if the foreign vassal gave the prince's title, it was just a piece of paper, but because the emperor wanted to keep this lama.The purpose of staying is as a hostage?Or really care about cultivation?

"Thank you for the grace of the Holy Emperor." Ge Erdan shook his head in the Chinese he learned along the way, "I want to go back to Lhasa. I want to practice with my master." His Chinese is full of northwest accents, and from time to time there are Tibetans mixed in. The words are still in Mongolian, and even the commuting has a headache because of this, and I always persuade him to talk less.

Zhu Cihong smiled, but didn't insist.Said: "Isn't Dongtu bad?" "It's nothing." Ge Erdan insisted with a young man's self-esteem: "Just jujube balls are more fun. When I return to Lhasa, I will also find some young lamas to play with." .”

For children.For a child who is not a foodie, the allure of Dongtu is indeed not very great.

"It seems that I really don't have much fun in Dongtu." Zhu Cihong chuckled, "Tulubaihu, what do you think?"

Turubaihu bowed deeply, and said: "Daming is rich in products and has everything, but we will eventually return to the grasslands, forests and snow-capped mountains, which are the foundation of our generations."

Zhu Cihong knows the elegant meaning when he hears the stringed songs.Said: "The Han people are not used to the life there. You are not used to the life in the Han land. This is like a bird needs the sky and a fish needs the abyss. When the Eastern Captives were powerful, I forced others to live the same life as them. Said, this is the way of self-destruction, as expected."

Turubaihu bowed deeply again, completely relieved.

"Presumably you also know that an arrow is easily broken, but a bundle of arrows is different." Zhu Cihong said: "I used troops in the northwest, on the one hand, to resolve hundreds of years of grievances, so that the people can live in peace. On the one hand, it is also to unite all combat forces and resist foreign humiliation.”…

Tulubaihu could understand the front, but couldn't understand the back, and asked doubtfully, "Where did the Holy Emperor's so-called foreign humiliation come from?"

"The Oros people in the northwest." Zhu Cihong said clearly.

Turubaihu frowned.

He is not ignorant of the Oros people.It's just that I don't want to be enemies with them, because Eros is too far away, and I get nothing if I win, and it hurts my vitality even more if I lose.What's more, the Oros people have no intention of sending troops to Qinghai-Tibet, so what's the matter with Heshuote?

"The Holy Emperor is right!" Gerdan exclaimed excitedly, his face flushed.

Turubaihu glanced at Galdan, and had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "The Oros people do violate the border frequently, but their home country is too far away. Even with Ming's financial resources and military strength, it is not easy to conquer Oros. "

From the Han Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, all the central courts that conquered the northern minorities would never use only their own soldiers when they sent out troops for expeditions, but also called out troops from foreign domains.People in the world only know that the Tang Dynasty has a vast territory, but they don't know that the foreign legion also has a large part of the credit for the Tang people's pioneering of the land beyond Huahua.

When Chengzu established Duoyan Sanwei and Nuer Gandusi, they were all vassals.Until the Wanli Renchen Pingwa War, Daming also called the Jurchen tribes into the court. It is said that Nuerhachi served in the army at that time.

If Daming were to go to war with Eros, I am afraid that the real charge would be the clan soldiers of Oala, Tatar and other tribes.If the Heshuo special department is ordered to recruit, it will really harm itself and benefit others.If he refuses to obey orders, he will be attacked by other tribes and Ming Dynasty together, which is really a dilemma.

Turubaihu had such concerns, but Galdan did not.All he knew was that the Junggars and the Oros were in a very tense situation because of the Tereuts, and his brother Han Sengge even sent troops to attack the outpost of the Oros.Moreover, it is also very unpleasant to see the Russian army invading Khalkha Mongolia and imposing taxes in kind on the Mongolians.

Tell him these things are mostly lamas in Lhasa, they naturally can't analyze objectively and rationally, but just perceptually instill the sentiment that "Eros people are very hateful".Moreover, the Oros people in the east of the Ural Mountains are not the regular army of the country, but mercenaries of the Romanov family, and their military discipline can be imagined.

"In terms of distance, the Oros people are farther away from the Han land, and there is no need for me to send troops in the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Cihong said in a deep voice: "But in terms of kinship, we are all descendants of the Xiahou clan, while the Oros people are Taixibe. Kind of. They bully us, we naturally have to hug them together and beat them back!"

Tulubaihu only knows that there are many enmities between the Han people and Wala. Not only did the Mongolian Yuan enter the Central Plains and killed many Han people, but also the battle of Tumubao, and even captured a Ming emperor—it must be this ancestor of the emperor.

——First of all, he was born in the Junggar tribe. If the Ming court was willing to help Junggar conquer Kazakhs regardless of past grievances, then it should be more tolerant of Heshuote.

Turubaihu secretly said in his heart.However, he did not know that the Han people had the pedigree of the grassland people until he arrived in the Han area. Many of them believed that the grassland people and the Central Plains people were both descendants of the Xiahou clan. Huns.

As for the ancestors of the Mongols, the Shiwei people were also descendants of the Huns.

In this way, in fact, everyone is a family, and fighting is also a matter between brothers, but the Oros people are completely outsiders.

"Actually, what Ming wants is very simple." Zhu Cihong said slowly: "You can ask the tribes of Khalkha if I, Ming, have treated them poorly. Daming knows that life in the grasslands and highlands is not easy, as long as you agree to submit to our dynasty, not only me Send troops to protect you, and don't ask you to pay taxes, if such a good thing is not for brothers and relatives, how can there be?"

Zhu Cihong saw that Tulu Baihu was a little loose, and then said: "Actually, in my opinion, Qinghai-Tibet is really not suitable for stationing herdsmen. Our Ming army should be the main force, and the troops of Oala and Khalkha should work together to win the battle." Kazakhs, when the time comes, let Junggar go to Kazakhstan to live in herds, and you and Shuote can go back to the North and South Road of Tianshan Mountain.”…

Turubaihu was greatly moved.

Anyone who has been to Xinjiang and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau knows how different these two places are.

Xinjiang is indeed famous for its vast desert.

As everyone knows, the North Tianshan Road is a nomadic mountain with lush water and grass, and the South Road is a fertile plain soil suitable for farming. Its richness is not comparable to that of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau where only barley, rapeseed, and yaks can be grown.

From childhood to old age, Tulu Baihu shouted in his heart many times: If I hadn't defeated you Junggar, I would have led my troops back to Tianshan long ago!

"What the Holy Emperor said is absolutely true!" Tulu Baihu was heartbroken, as long as he could return to Tianshan, who would he not be doing with?Didn't you fight Kazakhs with Batur back then?In the end, after winning the battle, Junggar swallowed all the benefits. Didn't the Heshuote people bleed and sweat in vain?

If Daming is really willing to keep his promise, He Shuote will definitely follow Daming.

"I've been to Kazakhs personally, so I know the situation there." Turubaihu said, "If we let our troops go back to Tianshan South Road to resettle the women, children, old and weak, all the young and strong members of the clan can be the vanguard of the Heavenly Army."

The elders and governors who sat on both sides saw Turubaihu take the bait, and all laughed in their hearts.

As long as he dares to take Tianshan South Road, it is impossible for Heshuote and Junggar to reconcile.Even if the entire Kazakh trilogy is really taken down in the future, and all of them are handed over to Junggar for management, the Junggar people will still miss the graceful scenery of the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains.

"I'm sure." Zhu Cihong said peacefully, "I'll inform the Sang Ge of Junggar and tell him to get out of the Tianshan South Road."

"Holy Emperor, if Sengge refuses..."

"Our army will be stationed in Luntai before the end of the year." Zhu Cihong said firmly.

Luntai was built in the Tang Dynasty and is located in the southern suburbs of Urumqi in later generations.

As long as the Ming army stationed in Luntai, it was like controlling the central point of the Tianshan North and South Roads.Moreover, the area is surrounded by oil, but there are large reserves of coal under its feet. Therefore, it is said that "the coal city on the sea of ​​oil" must be included in the hands as soon as possible to provide energy for Ming to further promote the technological revolution.

With the army of the Ming Dynasty as a barrier to block Junggar's southward journey, Heshuote can certainly enjoy its geographical advantage.

Tulubaihu smiled happily, and didn't pay attention to Ge Erdan who was beaten in a daze. )

ps:?? Yesterday, Xiaotang rushed home to code, but he was unable to log in and update. The chapter that was owed could only be completed on weekends.Because I am going out of town on Saturday, it is likely to be updated later on Sunday.